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What equality law means for you as an employer: when you recruit someone to work for you

EA employment guide volume 1Equality Act 2010 Guidance for employers, volume 1 of 7

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What equality law means for you as an employer: working hours, flexible working and time off

EA employment guidance volume 2Equality Act 2010 Guidance for employers, volume 2 of 7

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What equality law means for you as an employer: pay and benefits

EA employment guidance volume 3Equality Act 2010 Guidance for employers, volume 3 of 7

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What equality law means for you as an employer: training, development, promotion and transfer

EA employment guidance volume 4Equality Act 2010 Guidance for employers, volume 4 of 7

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What equality law means for you as an employer: managing workers

EA employment guidance volume 5Equality Act 2010 Guidance for employers, volume 5 of 7

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What equality law means for you as an employer: dismissal, redundancy, retirement and after a worker has left

EA employment guidance volume 6Equality Act 2010 Guidance for employers, volume 6 of 7

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What equality law means for you as an employer: equality policies, equality training and monitoring

EA employment guidance volume 7Equality Act 2010 Guidance for employers, volume 7 of 7

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 Equality Act 2010: Summary guidance on employment

EA employment summary guidance Summary of the 7 employment guidance volumes

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 Easy Read: How to make sure everyone is treated fairly at work

Easy Read employment guideEasy Read version of the Equality Act employment guides

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An employer's guide to... Creating an inclusive workplace

Creating an inclusive workplaceThis guide contains a range of ideas to help you use human rights principles to create an inclusive workplace.

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A managers' guide to flexible working

A managers' guide to flexible working coverThis guide is designed to help business managers discover and implement innovative working methods which improve productivity and customer service, save money and enable employees to balance their work and personal lives.

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Talent not tokenism: the business benefits of workplace diversity

Talent not tokenism coverThis guide to workplace diversity, produced in conjunction with the CBI and TUC, provides advice on how to identify, nurture and promote talent.

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Age diversity in the downturn

Age diversity in the downturn coverReport of an international conference organised by The Age and Employment Network for the Commission which looked at the business benefits of creative approaches to age management.

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Employing Refugees

Employing refugees coverThis guidance on employing refugees produced with the Refugee Council explains which documents can provide evidence of entitlement to work.  

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Age isn't an issue: an employer's guide to a 21st Century workforce

Age isn't an issue coverThis guide, produced by Age Positive (part of DWP), covers all areas of employment, helping everyone involved in employment get the best out of people of all ages.

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Age legislation: 20 facts your business needs to know

Age legislation: 20 facts your business needs to know coverThis guide, produced by Age Positive (part of DWP), lists ten key points about the 2006 Age Regulations and answers ten frequently asked questions about them.

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Survey of employers' policies, practices and preferences relating to age

Age positive survey coverThis study, produced by Age Positive (part of DWP), was designed to establish, prior to the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, the extent to which current employment policies and practices accord with equal opportunity with respect to age.

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Age and the workplace

Age and the workplace coverACAS guidance document on putting the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 into practice.

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Sexual orientation and the workplace

Sexual orientation and the workplace coverACAS guidance document on putting the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 into practice.

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Religion or belief and the workplace

Religion or belief and the workplace coverACAS guidance document on putting the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 into practice.

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